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I. E. PALMER.

BAND FOR PAGKAGES.

No. 340,238. Patented Apr 20, 1886.

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I. E. PALMER. BAND FOR PACKAGES.

No. 340,238. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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UNITED STATES ATENT" met.

ISAAC E. PALMER, or MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

BAND FOR PACKAGES.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,238, dated April 20. 1886.

Application filed August 27, 1885.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Bands for Packages, of which the following is a specification.

In packing or putting up piece-goods for the market the piece is often folded so that each of the parallel folds or layers represents a yard or other division of measure, and afterward the piece is again folded one or more times upon itself, so as to make a compact package which will occupy but little space and has a band placed around it for securing it. When goods are to be retailed from the piece,the band must be detached or taken off, and the package opened, so that one or more folds may be readily taken from it to obtain the quantity desired by the purchaser.

An important object of my invention is to provide a band whereby such piece-goods, when folded to form a compact package, may be secured, and which is of such construction that it may be easily re-secured about the package after it has been again folded, and will properly adapt itself to the smaller size of the package, andsecurely confine the quantity of goods remaining in the package until such time as all the goods are sold. My improved band may, however, be employed in securing packages of other kinds where it is desired to havea band which will readily adapt itself to considerable difference of size in packages, and which may be readily unfastened to afford access to the package and afterward refastened about the package.

In carrying out myinvention I employa band consisting of two parallel straight members or strips, which may be of pasteboard, strawboard, or other comparatively-rigid material of a length to extend across the opposite sides of a package, and which are connected at their one end and provided at their other ends with tongues projecting inward from the ends of the members and formed integral therewith by slotting the members, so that the tongues will lie in approximately the same planes as the members; and Ialso employ an extensible connection engaging with the tongues of the two members and capable of being disengaged therefrom without disturbing the con- Serial No. 175,522. {No model.)

nection which extends between their other ends.

The extensible connection above described may consist of an endless rubber band engaging the tongues of the two members, or of a' cord passed back and forth around the tongues at the ends of the members.

To open such a package it is only necessary to remove or disengage the elastic band or cord from the tongue at one end of one of the members or strips, and after the required quantity of goods has been taken from the package and the latter again folded, and the elastic connection reapplied to the tongue, the two elastic connections at opposite ends of the memberswillbytheir contraction adapt themselves to the reduced size of the package and securely confine the same. When the flexible connections between the ends of the two members consist of cords passed back and forth around the tongues at the adjacent ends of such members, they may be readily removed from the tonguesand in reapplying them to the tongues they will draw the two members or strips more nearly together to adapt the band to the reduced size of the package.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a package of goods having my iniproved band applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end view looking in a direction lengthwise'of the band. Fig. 3 is an endview looking in a direction crosswise of the band. Fig. 4 rep resents the package of goods opened out, so as to take therefrom the desired quantity. Figs. 5 and 6 represent in plan and longitudinal section upon a larger scale one end portion of one of the members or strips comprised in the band. Fig. 7 is a view, similar to Fig. 3, of a band composed of two members or strip portions, which are permanently connected at their one end and have a detachable and extensible connection between their other ends; and Figs. 8 and 9 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but showing a band in which the ends of the two members or strips are joined by flexible and extensible connections consistin of cords. V

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the goods,which are first folded in the form shown in Fig. 4, so that each fold or layer will represent a yard or a fraction of a yard, and which is afterward folded or don bled one or more times upon itself, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to ,make a more compact package.

B B designate two parallel members or strips, which form the principal portion of the hand. These may be oflikeform, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and may be made of pasteboard, straw-board, wood, or other compara ti vely rigid material.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the members or strips B have at their ends tongues b, which are cut from the members or strips themselves, and the tongues at the adjacent ends of the two members or strips are connected by elastic bands C, which may be composed of india rubber or other elastic and extensible material. These bands 0 are slipped over or en gage with thetongues b, as best shown in Fig. 1, and are thereby secured to the ends of the members or strips, and either band C may be detached from the tongue b of the member or strip B, in order to enable the package to be opened without disturbing the band or connection at the opposite ends of the members or strips. I

When it is desired to retail goods from the package, all that is necessary is to slip oneof thebands out from under the tongue I), and the goods may then be opened out, as shown in Fig. 4, and the desired quantity sold therefrom. The goods may afterward be doubled or folded in the form shown in Fig. 2, and the band reapplied, and the elastic qualities of the baml-connections G will cause them to draw the members or strips tightly down upon the opposite faces of the package and confine the package of reduced size as securely and closely as it was before any goods were sold therefrom.

The members or strips B B may one or both of them be made of considerable width, as here shown, so that they will better preserve the goods in flat condition and so as to afford space for printing a. trade-mark or applying a label to either of the members or strips. The manner of forming the tongue b is best shown in the larger views, Figs. 5 and 6. This is done by cutting in the member or strip B a slot or aperture, b, of U shape or analogous form, whereby the tongue b is produced. These tongues for the engagement of the elastic bands 0 may, however, be made in any other suitable way.

It is advantageous to form or cut the tongues b integral from the members B B, because then they lie in approximately the same plane as the members, and the band, when placed around a package, does not project materially therefrom. The banded packages may then be piled one on another and will not catch one on another when any one or more of them are removed or replaced from or in the pile.

In the example of my invention shown in Fig. 7, the two membersBBare permanently united at one end by a connection, 0, which may be made of the same material as the members or strips themselves, but which should be capable of folding, so that as the package confined by the band becomes reduced in size the band may assume the form shown by dotted lines in Fig. 7. At their opposite ends the members or strip portions B are connected by an extensible band or connection, O, which may consist of an elastic indiarubber band or strap, as before described.

In the example of my invention shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the goods A are confined by a band which comprises fiat members or strips,

B, provided with tongues b, as before described, and the extensible connections 0, whereby the adjacent ends of the two members or strips are detachably connected. In this example of my invention the connections 0 consist of cords, which may be passed back and forth around the tongues of the two members or strips in order to secure them together. WVhen the package is to be opened, one of the cords 0 must be unwound, in order to detach it from the tongues b, and, after the required quantity of goods has been taken from the package and the package refolded to bring it to the position shown in Fig. 9, the cord Gis reapplied to the two members B, but is drawn more tightly in order to accommodate it to the reduced size of the package. In removing the goods from the band the elastic connection 0 will stretch so as to permit the enlargement of the band sufficiently to permit of the goods being slipped out from the band without detaching the connection 0.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A band for packages, consisting of two parallel members connected at one end and provided at their other ends with integral tongues 1), extending inward from their ends and formed by slotting the two members, as described, and an extensible connection engaging said tongues and serving to connect the two members, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A band for packages, consisting of two parallel members connected at one end and provided at their other ends with integral tongues 1), extending inward from their ends and formed by slotting the two members, as

described, and an endless elastic band engaging said tongues and detachably connecting the two members, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A band for packages, consisting of two parallel members, B B, provided at their ends with tongues 11, and elastic bands 0 G, engaging with said tongues and detachably connecting the said members at their ends, substantially as herein described.

- ISAAC E. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, CHANDLER HALL.

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